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ARIN XX
Members Meeting
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19 October 2007

ARIN Members Meeting Called to Order

Speaker: Ray Plzak, ARIN President and CEO

Ray Plzak opened the meeting with announcements and thanked One Connect IP for sponsoring the ARIN XX network connectivity and supporting the Cyber Café. He thanked Shaw Communications for donating a prize to the meeting survey raffle. Congratulations to Nigel Cassimire, winner of the Cyber Café "consolation" raffle prize.

ARIN Board and Advisory Council Election Procedure

Speaker: Erika Goedrich, ARIN Membership Coordinator

Erika Goedrich described the voting procedures and timeline for the Board of Trustees and Advisory Council elections. Voting will open Friday, 19 October, at 12:00 PM ET and will close 7 days later at 12:00 PM ET on 26 October. Election results will be announced no later than 2 November 2007 to the arin-announce mailing list and the ARIN website.

Highlights:

Elections are being held to fill two (2) open seats on the Board of Trustees and five (5) open seats on the Advisory Council.

Biographies of each candidate as well as statements of support are available on the ARIN website.

Voters must be the designated member representative (DMR) for an ARIN General Member in good standing. The deadline to establish voter eligibility was 5 October 2007.

Erika briefly explained the voting procedures. DMRs must first register to vote by entering their first and last name, the DMR e-mail address on file with the Member Services Department, and a username and password of their choosing. DMRs already registered to vote can simply login using their username and password. After selecting the Org ID(s) and candidate(s), DMRs must submit and confirm the vote.

Speaker: Susan Hamlin, ARIN Director of Member Services

Information was requested on the status of a website for members to see and use resources. Ray Plzak responded that the issue was addressed earlier in the engineering report, and that work is underway.

ARIN Advisory Council Report

Speaker: Marla Azinger, AC Chair

Marla Azinger reported on Advisory Council actions since the last Member Meeting. Internal process changes include: earlier AC shepherd assignments, AC shepherd proposal reports and personal e-mails to authors. The AC is working with ARIN staff on PPML e-mail details, and is committed to separating the administrative and operational details from the Number Resource Policy Manual (NRPM).

Marla then reported on action taken with regard to the policy proposal discussions at the ARIN XX Public Policy Meeting.

Policies to move forward

2007-19: IANA Policy for Allocation of ASN Blocks to RIRs

2007-21: PIv6 for legacy holders with RSA and efficient use

2007-22: Expand timeframe of Additional Requests

2007-25: IPv6 Policy Housekeeping

Policies to revise

2007-14: Resource Review Process

2007-16: IPv4 Soft Landing

2007-17: Legacy Outreach and Partial Reclamation

2007-23: End Policy for IANA IPv4 allocations to RIRs

The author of 2007-18 will be included in order to create a single proposal that achieves the common intent.

The Board determined that some policy recommendations were more administrative matters, such as, adding authentication methods, PGP authentication, and mail form authentication. The Board adopted the essence of the recommendation, but noted that they weren't policy proposals.

The Board reviewed the ARIN Consultation and Suggestion Process (ACSP).

The Board worked on the conflict of interest process for Board members, and looked at anti-takeover provisions.

The Board worked with Counsel to resolve legal matters.

The Board adopted an IPv6 fee waiver, developed a plan to ensure a two-year operating reserve, and began work on the 2008 budget.

The Board continues to try to raise awareness of IPv4 exhaustion and work with other RIRs to develop plans for IPv4 exhaustion. The Board contracted an economist to look at IPv4 depletion models

The Board developed a Legacy Registration Services Agreement and continues to examine it.

Open Microphone

Moderator: John Curran, ARIN Board of Trustees Chairman

An attendee thanked the panel for the comprehensive materials in the meeting packet.

A first-time attendee commended the openness of the forum and policy development process. He also inquired if it would be possible to illustrate what percentage of the user base or which constituencies would be impacted by a proposal as part of the presentation. John Curran responded that this input is in keeping with other topics currently under consideration by the Board and AC.

An attendee complimented the addition of staff comments on proposals and reiterated the need to have an impact study as part of the proposal process prior to presentation. John Curran stated that examining the interaction of proposed policy with current practices is also being considered.

Closing Announcements and Meeting Adjournment

Speaker: Ray Plzak, ARIN President and CEO

Ray Plzak made closing announcements and again thanked One Connect IP for sponsoring, the ARIN XX network connectivity and its Cyber Café support. He thanked all of the meeting attendees, the members of ARIN and members of the community for participating. Ray then thanked ARIN staff, both in Albuquerque and those in Virginia. He issued a reminder that the polls for ARIN Elections are open and encouraged voting. Ray concluded by inviting all attendees to ARIN XXI in Denver, Colorado, 6-9 April 2008.